The first table below looks at the demand for the Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Midlands region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Architect
Rank 19 12 9
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 5 18 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 2.907% 6.691% 8.571%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.268% 7.692% 9.317%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 10
Average daily rate - £550 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +12.82%
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year
+5.55% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £27.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
+48.14% -32.50%
All Job Titles
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
153 234 322
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 88.95% 86.99% 92.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 73 62
Average daily rate £450 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £570 £575 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 77
Average hourly rate £32.00 £34.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.24% +43.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.80 £21.00 £18.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.25 £33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Architect
England

Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Architect across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Midlands Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Architect across the Midlands region.

Midlands Architect Daily Rate Trend

Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Architect across the Midlands region.

Midlands Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region that cited Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Architect in their job title.

1 7 (26.92%) IBM
2 6 (23.08%) Cisco
2 6 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 6 (23.08%) HP
2 6 (23.08%) NetApp
2 6 (23.08%) SQL
2 6 (23.08%) SAP
2 6 (23.08%) ITIL
2 6 (23.08%) SharePoint
2 6 (23.08%) MS Exchange
2 6 (23.08%) Service Delivery
2 6 (23.08%) VMware
2 6 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2003
2 6 (23.08%) Degree
2 6 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2007
2 6 (23.08%) SCOM
3 5 (19.23%) Manufacturing
4 4 (15.38%) Data Modelling
4 4 (15.38%) ETL
4 4 (15.38%) Oracle
4 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
5 3 (11.54%) Technical Architecture
5 3 (11.54%) ERP
5 3 (11.54%) TOGAF
6 2 (7.692%) Data Analysis
6 2 (7.692%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (7.692%) NFC
6 2 (7.692%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (7.692%) Migration
6 2 (7.692%) SAP CRM

Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region that cited Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (7.692%) .NET
2 1 (3.846%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.846%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 6 (23.08%) SharePoint
1 6 (23.08%) MS Exchange
1 6 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2003
1 6 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (7.692%) BizTalk Server
Business Applications
1 2 (7.692%) SAP CRM
2 1 (3.846%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.692%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.692%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (7.692%) Oracle OWB
2 2 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (7.692%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (7.692%) Oracle BI EE
General
1 5 (19.23%) Manufacturing
2 2 (7.692%) Automotive
3 1 (3.846%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.692%) Data Extraction
1 2 (7.692%) Data Integration
1 2 (7.692%) Mobile Payment
2 1 (3.846%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) ITIL
1 6 (23.08%) Service Delivery
2 4 (15.38%) Data Modelling
2 4 (15.38%) ETL
3 3 (11.54%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (11.54%) ERP
3 3 (11.54%) TOGAF
4 2 (7.692%) Data Analysis
4 2 (7.692%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (7.692%) Migration
4 2 (7.692%) Project Management
4 2 (7.692%) B2B
4 2 (7.692%) CRM
4 2 (7.692%) Data Migration
4 2 (7.692%) Data Mapping
4 2 (7.692%) Data Governance
5 1 (3.846%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (3.846%) Security Architecture
5 1 (3.846%) Financial Modelling
5 1 (3.846%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (23.08%) SQL
2 2 (7.692%) C#
3 1 (3.846%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (23.08%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (23.08%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) IBM
2 6 (23.08%) Cisco
2 6 (23.08%) HP
2 6 (23.08%) NetApp
2 6 (23.08%) SAP
2 6 (23.08%) VMware
3 4 (15.38%) Oracle
4 2 (7.692%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.692%) Hyperion
4 2 (7.692%) Informatica